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No Free Ride For VoIP Providers: Page 3 of 3

One of the peculiar parts of AT&T's VoIP service announcement was the fact that at least initially, the only phone numbers available would be from area codes in New Jersey and Texas.

While the Texas piece is still a puzzle, one anonymous industry observer took a guess at where the New Jersey numbers came from.

"Since they've laid off 60,000 people over the last few years, they probably had enough internal numbers to satisfy the needs for VoIP," our source said.